Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “diffident” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

16 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
diffident	17	6	422	(None)
different	16	4	617	2	different
diffidence	20	5	318	2	diffidence
diffidently	22	5	275	2	diffidently
dissident	11	4	769	2	dissident
confident	15	4	938	3	confident
daffiest	15	3	784	3	daffi_est
difficult	18	5	220	3	difficult
diffidences	21	5	317	3	diffidences
diligent	10	4	803	3	di_ligent
diriment	11	4	1074	3	di_riment
dissidents	12	4	502	3	dissidents
dividend	14	28	471	3	di_vidend
iffiest	13	3	796	3	_iffi_est
incident	11	4	1020	3	_incident
miffiest	16	3	713	3	miffi_est

Search took 8 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	16	7.406	20070.3
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	7.829	22824.2